Moonlight

Movie Review
Release on: Feb 17, 2017

Movie name	:	Moonlight
Genres	:	Drama
Run time	:	111 min
Produced by	:	Adele Romanski Dede Gardner
Directed by	:	Barry Jenkins
Music by	:	Nicholas Britell
Writers	:	Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney
Cinematography	:	James Laxton
Edited by	:	Nat Sanders Joi McMillon
Production	:	A24 Plan B Entertainment Pastel Productions
Countries	:	USA

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Stars : Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson, Alex R. Hibbert, Janelle MonÃ¡e, Naomie Harris, Jaden Piner, Herman 'Caheei McGloun, Kamal Ani-Bellow, Keomi Givens, Eddie Blanchard, Rudi Goblen, Ashton Sanders, Edson Jean, Patrick Decile, Herveline Moncion, Jharrel Jerome, Fransley Hyppolite, Jesus Mitchell, Larry Anderson, Tanisha Cidel, Trevante Rhodes, Stephon Bron, AndrÃ© Holland, Don Seward, Justin Ebenhack

Story : Three time periods - young adolescence, mid-teen and young adult - in the life of black-American Chiron is presented. When a child, Chiron lives with his single, crack addict mother Paula in a crime ridden neighborhood in Miami. Chiron is a shy, withdrawn child largely due to his small size and being neglected by his mother, who is more concerned about getting her fixes and satisfying her carnal needs than taking care of him. Because of these issues, Chiron is bullied, the slurs hurled at him which he doesn't understand beyond knowing that they are meant to be hurtful. Besides his same aged Cuban-American friend Kevin, Chiron is given what little guidance he has in life from a neighborhood drug dealer named Juan, who can see that he is neglected, and Juan's caring girlfriend Teresa, whose home acts as a sanctuary away from the bullies and away from Paula's abuse. With this childhood as a foundation, Chiron may have a predetermined path in life, one that will only be magnified in terms...

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If you’ve kept tabs on the Oscars this year, you’ve heard about this underdog that’s gearing up to duel with the musical Goliath, La La Land next week. The good news is, it has enough in its arsenal to win.
The movie unfolds in three phases. We meet Little (Alex Hibbert), who is being bullied by some boys. He runs into Juan (Mahershala Ali), who shows him the kind of kindness he’s never seen before. Little grows up into Chiron (Ashton Sanders) - his actual name - who is still struggling with a different sexual identity than most other boys his age. But those boys have bigger weapons than mean words now. Chiron gets bullied, beaten black and blue, and is left to his own devices. Chiron grows up into ‘Black’ (Trevante Rhodes), but age doesn’t solve his problems. He’s successful, rich, built and confident, but there’s still a big part of ‘Little’ in him.

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